Twitter CEO kicks up storm in India, offending some Hindus


Twitter CEO and co-founder Jack Dorsey (C) poses with students after an interaction session at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in New Delhi on November 12, 2018. - Dorsey hosted a town hall meeting with university students on his visit to the Indian capital New Delhi. (Photo by Prakash SINGH / AFP)

NEW DELHI: Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has kicked up a social media storm in India after a picture of him holding a poster saying “smash Brahminical patriarchy”, referring to the highest Hindu caste, went viral.

Twitter has apologised and expressed regret over the incident, which some Indians have called “hate-mongering”.

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